Little Roe
Little Roe is an island in Yell Sound in the Shetland Islands…| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Lamba and Brother Isle.
Lamba
Island
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Lamba is an uninhabited island in Yell Sound in Shetland. It lies 1.5 km north of the entrance to the Sullom Voe inlet and 1.4 kilometres east of the Mainland coastline near Ollaberry.
Brother Isle
Islet
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Brother Isle is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies between the islands of Yell and Shetland Mainland. It is 40 hectares in size. Brother Isle is situated 2 miles northeast of Little Roe.
Shetland Gas Plant
The Shetland Gas Plant is a natural-gas processing plant in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Shetland Gas Plant is situated 2 miles south of Little Roe.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ulsta and Copister.
Ulsta
Village
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Ulsta is a village in the south-west of the island of Yell, Shetland, Scotland. North Ness Hall is the local community facility. The car ferry to Toft on Mainland, Shetland leaves from here. Ulsta is situated 4 miles east of Little Roe.
Copister
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copister is a village in Yell. It is a former centre for haaf net fishing, and has a shingle beach. Copister is situated 5 miles east of Little Roe.
West Sandwick
Hamlet
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West Sandwick is a settlement on the island of Yell, Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is one of the few settlements in the west of the island. West Sandwick contains one of the major recreational beaches in Yell. West Sandwick is situated 6 miles northeast of Little Roe.
Little Roe
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.49811° or 60° 29′ 53″ northLongitude
-1.26914° or 1° 16′ 9″ westOpen location code
9CGWFPXJ+68OpenStreetMap ID
way 353547151OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Little Roe” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Little Roe Island”
- Cebuano: “Little Roe”
- French: “Little Roe”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Little Roe”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Little Roe”
- Swedish: “Little Roe Island”
- Swedish: “Little Roe”
- Ukrainian: “Літл-Ро”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ollaberry and Out-ton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gluss Isle and Ramna Hill.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Little Roe”. Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.